Roller-support for doors.



No. 844,471. PATENTBD FEB. 19,1907.

' L. REMOND.

ROLLER SUPPORT FOR 1100113..

A PPLIGATION FILED 0013.23, 1906.

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ROLLER SUPPORT FOR DOORS. I

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LOUIS REMOND, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO GRAND RAPIDS SHOW CASE COMPANY, OF GRAND RAPIDS,

OF MICHIGAN.

MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION ROLLER-SUPPORT FOR DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed October 23, 1906. Serial No. 840,180.

T 0 aZZ whom, (it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis RnMoND, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller-Supports for Doors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in roller-supports for doors, and more particularly to what is known as disappearing doors, which are adapted to turn to a'position at right angles to the front of the case and move back edgewise into the case; and its object is to provide improved means for supporting and moving such door and to provide the device with various new and useful features hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of one side of a device embodying my invention with parts broken away; Fig. 2, an elevation of the opposite side of the same; Fig. 3, an enlarged view in horizontal section; Fig. 4, an enlarged elevation of the lower part of F ig. 1; Fig. 5, the same of Fig. 2; Fig. 6, the same as shown in vertical section, and Fig. 7 a vertical section of Fig. 2. 1

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents a movable stile to which the door 2 is hinged, as at 3. This stile is supported upon a track 4, secured to the end wall or partition 11 of the case or any other convenient support .and spaced apart therefrom by means of studs or collars 12 and secured by bolts 13, extending through the track and collars. These collars are of less diameter than the vertical width of the track, whereby both the upper and under edges of the track are unobstructed for the passage of grooved wheels 5 and 6. Near the bottom the stile 1 is provided with strengthening-plates 14, in which is inserted a stub-shaft 16, on which the stile is carried on the track 4 by means of a grooved wheel. 5, journaled on the stud and traversing the upper edge of the said track. The upper end of the stile and door engage and traverse a groove in the under side of a rail 1.5,fixed in the top of the case above the track 4 and parallel therewith.

To hold the stile 1 in vertical position and adjust the same tached thereto and extends diagonally down ward and outward therefrom to near the track 4, and on the end of this brace is adjustably secured, by means of nuts 10, a casting 9, having its upper end extended at right angles to receive the brace 8 and its lower end recessed to receive the bars 7 and perforated for a bolt 17, on which is mounted a grooved wheel 6, which wheel engages and traverses the under edge of the track 4. This casting is spaced apart from the lower end of the stile 1 by means of horizontal supporting-bars 7, attached to the stile at one end and to the casting 9 at the other end by means of the bolt 17 on which the wheel 6 is journaled. The weight of the door tends to lift the wheel 6 in contact with the under edge of the track 4 and by adjusting the nuts 10 the stile 1 can be accurately ad usted to a vertical position.

The entire loadbeing carried upon the grooved 7 wheel 5, the device is easily traversed upon the track 4 to run the door back into the case after the same has been opened or to draw the same out with the stile 1 at the front of the case and close the compartment of the case by turning the door at right angles to the stile and track.

What I claim is 1. The combination of a door, a stile to which the door is hinged, a grooved rail to engage the upper end of the door and stile, a track having its upper and lower edges unobstructed, a grooved wheel, journaled on the stile and traversing the upper edge of the track, a second grooved wheel traversing the under edge of the track and spaced apart from the stile, and a brace between the last-named wheel and the stile.

2. The combination of a door, a stile to which the door is hinged, means for guiding the upper end of the stile, a track near the lower end of the stile, two wheels traversing the respective upper and lower edges of the track and spaced apart, and means for attaching the wheels to the stile to support and move the same longitudinally of the track.

3. The combination of a door, a stile on which the door is hinged, means for guiding accurately, a brace 8 is atguide the upper end of the stile, a tracle the upper end of the stile and door, a track near the lower end of the door and stile, a grooved wheel journaled on the stile and traversing the upper edge of the track, a grooved wheel engaging and traversing the lower edge of the track, horizontal supporting arms between said last-named wheel and the stile and a diagonal brace between said wheel and said stile.

4. The combination of a movable stile, a door hinged to the stile, a grooved rail to mounted on horizontally-projecting supports of less vertical diameter than the width of the track, a wheel journaled on the stile and traversing the upper edge of thetrack, a wheel mounted on a casting and traversing the lower edge of the track, horizontal supportingarms connecting the casting and stile, a diagonal brace connecting the casting and stile, and adjusting-nuts on the brace and oppositely engaging the casting.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses. 4

LOUIS REMOND. Witnesses:

LUTHER V. MoULToN, STEPHEN VAN MANEN. 

